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Louis Durra: Rocket Science

Read "Rocket Science" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
December 18, 2012

The constant revitalization of the piano trio is one of the most rewarding developments in recent jazz history and it continues apace with Louis Durra's Rocket Science. Durra isn't introducing a major paradigm shift, but with Ryan McGillicuddy on bass and longtime compatriot Jerry Kalaf on drums, he's bringing a few fresh new tunes to the ...

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Papo Vazquez: Oasis

by Jerry D'Souza
December 18, 2012

Trombonist/composer Papo Vazquez brings in his Mighty Pirates Troubadours for another musical adventure full of scintillating melodies, energetic rhythms and heady grooves all of which make for a wonderful album. Not content to stay within one genre, Vazquez blends and mixes them with the skill of a wizard. The styles slide into place easily and compactly, ...

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Tim Warfield: Tim Warfield's Jazzy Christmas

Read "Tim Warfield's Jazzy Christmas" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
December 18, 2012

Veteran saxophonist Tim Warfield delivers one of the finest modern Christmas jazz albums around on Jazzy Christmas. Performing a selection of familiar songs with a heavy contemporary flavor, the music is so straight-ahead in nature that such seasonal tunes like “Let It Snow," “Joy To The World," and “Silent Night," are almost unrecognizable as Christmas music ...

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Alice Coltrane: Huntington Ashram Monastery / World Galaxy

Read "Huntington Ashram Monastery / World Galaxy" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
December 18, 2012

Composer, pianist, keyboard player, harpist and bandleader Alice (McLeod) Coltrane married John Coltrane in 1965. She played in her husband's band until his passing in 1967 but his influence remained strong throughout her music thereafter. Few of her albums reflect this influence more strongly than Huntington Ashram Monastery, recorded in 1969, and World Galaxy, recorded in ...

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The Assassins: The Beauty and the Grace

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 18, 2012

Mettete a disposizione di Francesco Cusa una batteria, una tromba con elettronica, un organo hammond, aggiungetevi in tre brani il contralto di Piero Bittolo Bon e dovrete fare i conti con degli assassini del suono e delle convenzioni, dei generi e degli stili, del comodo ascolto, dell'ordinario, del risaputo. The Assassins, per l'appunto, una delle tante ...

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Jason Robinson: Tiresian Simmetry

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 18, 2012

Il nonetto colto all'opera in questo CD sotto la direzione del trentasettenne sassofonista e compositore (tutti suoi i temi) californiano Jason Robinson possiede indiscutibilmente il tiro della big band (anche se si avverte l'assenza di ottoni acuti), ma al tempo stesso, vista la presenza di doppia tuba (quando Lowe ripone il trombone basso), doppia percussione e ...

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Connie Crothers - David Arner: Spontaneous Suites for Two Pianos

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 18, 2012

Connie Crothers è stata allieva di Lennie Tristano: guadagnò l'attenzione della scena musicale nel 1982, quando fu pubblicato Swish, un duetto con Max Roach stampato dalla New Artists, la stessa etichetta che tutt'oggi pubblica molti lavori della pianista. David Arner è apprezzato soprattutto per il suo lavoro in solo, dove si mescolano con forza introspettiva l'improvvisazione ...

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Senri Oe: Boys Mature Slow

Read "Boys Mature Slow" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 18, 2012

Boys Mature Slow è il nuovo album di Senri Oe. Il titolo del disco è piuttosto significativo. Oe è difatti un affermatissima star della musica pop giapponese, con quasi 20 dischi e decine di singoli sia a suo nome che come autore di successo per artisti del J-Pop. Dopo numerosi dischi d'oro, arrivato a 47 anni, ...

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1982 + BJ Cole: 1982 + BJ Cole

Read "1982 + BJ Cole" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
December 17, 2012

With musical cross-pollination the norm, it's not just about pan-cultural blending; it's just as much about finding ways to blend the contemporary and the antiquated. Since inception, 1982 has combined instruments from across the centuries--harmonium, hardanger fiddle and drum set--wonderfully blending Norwegian traditionalism, millennium-spanning classicism and modernistic free improvisation on its self-titled, 2010 NORCD debut. If ...

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RJ And The Assignment: Deceiving Eyes

Read "Deceiving Eyes" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
December 17, 2012

Chicago-born/Las Vegas-based pianist RJ channels a soulful adroitness on Deceiving Eyes. Aided by a rotating cast of musicians called The Assignment, RJ creates intricate and shimmering musical patterns on each of the eleven pieces that comprise his debut. On Herbie Hancock's “Dolphin Dance," RJ's sublimely stylish piano lines embellish the theme while bassist ...